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Windsor

Windsor \Wind"sor\, n. A town in Berkshire, England.

Windsor bean. (Bot.) See under Bean.

Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair.
--Simmonds.

Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for its excellence.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Windsor

town in Berkshire, Old English Windlesoran (c.1060), literally "bank or slope with a windlass" (Old English *windels). Site of a royal residence, hence Windsor chair (1724), Windsor tie (1895), Windsor knot in a necktie (1953).

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Windsor, WI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 2533
Housing Units (2000): 978
Land area (2000): 3.165373 sq. miles (8.198278 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.017712 sq. miles (0.045873 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.183085 sq. miles (8.244151 sq. km)
FIPS code: 87725
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 43.217201 N, 89.344434 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 53598
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Headwords:
Windsor, WI
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Windsor, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 3087
Housing Units (2000): 1418
Land area (2000): 2.355563 sq. miles (6.100879 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.023677 sq. miles (0.061322 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.379240 sq. miles (6.162201 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80350
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.532198 N, 93.523212 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65360
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Headwords:
Windsor, MO
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Windsor, CA -- U.S. town in California
Population (2000): 22744
Housing Units (2000): 7728
Land area (2000): 6.743542 sq. miles (17.465693 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.743542 sq. miles (17.465693 sq. km)
FIPS code: 85922
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 38.546038 N, 122.805201 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 95492
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Headwords:
Windsor, CA
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Windsor, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 9896
Housing Units (2000): 3692
Land area (2000): 14.647865 sq. miles (37.937794 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.309297 sq. miles (0.801075 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 14.957162 sq. miles (38.738869 sq. km)
FIPS code: 85485
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.477333 N, 104.911812 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80550
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Headwords:
Windsor, CO
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Windsor, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 901
Housing Units (2000): 422
Land area (2000): 1.080919 sq. miles (2.799566 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.077338 sq. miles (0.200304 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.158257 sq. miles (2.999870 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82524
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.075012 N, 75.639194 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13865
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Headwords:
Windsor, NY
Windsor
Windsor, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 2283
Housing Units (2000): 1080
Land area (2000): 2.466526 sq. miles (6.388272 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.466526 sq. miles (6.388272 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74680
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.998145 N, 76.948973 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27983
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Headwords:
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Windsor, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 720
Housing Units (2000): 335
Land area (2000): 0.442133 sq. miles (1.145120 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.442133 sq. miles (1.145120 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82309
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.201643 N, 90.443996 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61957
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Headwords:
Windsor, IL
Windsor
Windsor, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 1125
Housing Units (2000): 523
Land area (2000): 0.618035 sq. miles (1.600704 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.618035 sq. miles (1.600704 sq. km)
FIPS code: 82322
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.439286 N, 88.596193 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61957
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Headwords:
Windsor, IL
Windsor
Windsor, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1331
Housing Units (2000): 525
Land area (2000): 0.497323 sq. miles (1.288061 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.497323 sq. miles (1.288061 sq. km)
FIPS code: 85728
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.915577 N, 76.582973 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17366
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Headwords:
Windsor, PA
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Windsor, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000): 127
Housing Units (2000): 63
Land area (2000): 1.002560 sq. miles (2.596618 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.002560 sq. miles (2.596618 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78190
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 33.482326 N, 81.513263 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29856
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Headwords:
Windsor, SC
Windsor
Windsor, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 916
Housing Units (2000): 422
Land area (2000): 0.850322 sq. miles (2.202325 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.002886 sq. miles (0.007475 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.853208 sq. miles (2.209800 sq. km)
FIPS code: 86784
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 36.811175 N, 76.743658 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 23487
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Headwords:
Windsor, VA
Windsor
Windsor -- U.S. County in Vermont
Population (2000): 57418
Housing Units (2000): 31621
Land area (2000): 970.960753 sq. miles (2514.776699 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.775058 sq. miles (12.367343 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 975.735811 sq. miles (2527.144042 sq. km)
Located within: Vermont (VT), FIPS 50
Location: 43.558268 N, 72.532993 W
Headwords:
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Windsor, VT
Windsor County
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Windsor

Windsor may refer to:

Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)

Windsor /ˈwɪnzə/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party.

Windsor (typeface)

Windsor is a serif typeface created by Eleisha Pechey (1831-1902) and released by the Stephenson Blake type foundry. It is intended for use such as display and in headings rather than for body text.

Capitals M and W are widely splayed, P and R have very large upper bowls. The lowercase a, h, m and n of the Windsor font have angled right hand stems, e has an angled cross-stroke. Bitstream in their release notes to its digitisation call it 'a creative variation on the old-style form.

Windsor (automobile)

The Windsor was an automobile produced in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1929 to 1930 by the Windsor Corporation.

Windsor (soil)

The Windsor is the unofficial state soil of the U.S. state of Connecticut, although it exists as part of the geological make up of landmasses across the globe, including in the UK.

Windsor (1788 cricketer)

Windsor (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer who made one appearance for Earl of Winchilsea's XI in 1788, scoring one run. Windsor played for Winchilsea's team against Sir Horace Mann's XI on 26–29 August 1788 at Bishopsbourne Paddock, Mann's XI winning by 75 runs.

Windsor (Port Penn, Delaware)

Windsor, also known as Annondale, is a historic home located near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable-roof, brick building with interior brick chimneys at each gable end. It has a center-passage plan with overall dimensions of 45 feet wide by 19 feet deep. A two-story, wood-frame kitchen wing abuts the rear of the main house. The front facade features a hipped-roof frame porch added in the late-19th century. It is in the Federal style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Windsor (Cascade, Virginia)

Windsor is a historic plantation complexlocated near Cascade, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The house was completed in 1862, and is a two-story, five bay Georgian style brick dwelling, with Italianate style ornamentation. It has a shallow hipped roof and double-pile, central-hall plan. The main section is flanked by one-story, one bay wings. Also on the property are the contributing original school / playhouse, kitchen, smoke house, laundry, gas house, two slave houses, and a spring house, barn / horse stable, Gris Mill.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Windsor (SMART station)

Windsor is a former and future train station in Windsor, California. It is currently served by Sonoma County Transit and Mendocino Transit Authority buses.

Usage examples of "windsor".

Once, for no reason other than intellectual curiosity, Adams rode to Windsor to call on the famous English astronomer Sir William Herschel, whose crowning achievement had been the discovery of the planet Uranus.

From the time of the Edwards such buildings as Conway or Caernarvon castles, to say nothing of Royal Windsor, had shown that it was possible to secure luxury in peace as well as security in times of trouble.

The impartial Canadian Press, for instance, reported that the Diefenbaker election rally in the Charlottetown Sports Arena on May 17 had been attended by a crowd Of 2,300, During his flight from Prince Edward Island to his next speaking engagement at Windsor, Ontario, Diefenbaker called a press conference aloft and announced that the crowd had totalled 4,000.

In his Windsor speech the next day he accused newsmen of slanting their reports of the Charlottetown meeting, and declared that the real attendance figure there had been 4,400.

This eccentric creature has for many years subsisted entirely upon the bounty of the Etonians, and the inhabitants of Windsor and Eton, who never fail to administer to his wants, and liberally supply him with many little comforts in return for his harmless pleasantries.

Amongst the best tennis-players that Eton ever sent up to Windsor, where he always was.

Workers at stores in Brossard, near Montreal, and in Windsor, Ontario, voted against unionization by 74 percent and 75 percent, respectively.

He had worked until late in the night at HQ and all that morning, setting up the Identicast of Blofeld, checking details with Ronnie Vallance, fixing up the private, the Munich side of his life, chattering on the teleprinter to Station Z, even remembering to tell Mary Goodnight to get on to Sable Basilisk after the holiday and ask him to please do some kind of a job on the surnames of the ten girls and please to have the family tree of Ruby Windsor embellished with gold capitals.

Towse, his wife, since his death tolde me that her husband and she living at Windsor Castle, where he had an office that Sumer that ye Duke of Buckingham was killed, tolde her that very day that the Duke was sett upon by ye mutinous Mariners att Portesmouth, saying then that ye next attempt agaynst him would be his Death, which accordingly happened.

Just as the Empire desk and the Windsor chairs and the gilt rosewood mirror Ginger had always loved and which Lily had said might as well be hers now, had been carried off a week before by another band of movers and were rolling west in the back of a fast pantechnicon van, on toward the prairie.

This favored vale, skirted by low ranges of hills on either hand, and watered most of the way by the Annapolis River, extends from the mouth of the latter to the town of Windsor on the river Avon.

When he received that call, he would rent a car to name of the Benedicts Jones, and that night he would cross the border from Canada to the height of Windsor.

He offered the Windsor chair to Celia, one of the stools to Sam, and perched on the second himself.

The groggy Soul Mate groping for its Twin, The burgling free verse Blear, the Hobo Pote, Clairvoyant, Cubist bug and Burlapped Greek, Souse Socialists and queens with bright green hair, Ginks leading barbered Art Dogs trimmed and Sleek, The Greenwich Stable Dwellers, Mule and Mare, Pal Anarchs, tamed and wrapped in evening duds, Philosophers who go wherever suds Flow free, musicians hunting after eats, And sandaled dames who hang from either ear Strange lumps -- "art jools" -- the size of pickled beets, Writers that write not, hunting Atmosphere, Painters and sculptors that ne'er paint nor sculp, Reformers taking notes on Brainstorm Slum, Cave Men in Windsor Ties, all gauche and glum, With strong iron jaws that crush their food to Pulp, And bright Boy Cynics playing paradox, And th' inevitable She that knitteth Belgian socks -- A score of little groups !

He's badmouthing you like hell to anybody who will listen because you're a doctor-lawyer-Indian chief who drives a Mercedes and lives in a big house bi Windsor Farms.